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Mon 07 Jul 2006Policing Board refuses to vet community justice schemeThe Policing Board is refusing to participate in vetting arrangements devised as part of the British government's plan to regulate community-based restorative justice (CRJ) programmes in Northern Ireland, The Irish Times has learned.The rebuff is a major embarrassment for Northern Ireland Office (NIO) ministers and signals an ongoing political battle following tomorrow's planned publication of revised protocols for the operation of the schemes, which SDLP leader Mark Durkan has warned could result in "state-paid vigilantism".